Hair-curling device



R. K. MAKER.

HAIR CURLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED DEc.5,1919.

Patented A'pr. 27,1920.

ATTORNEY NllE STATE@ PATNT GFFICE.

:RALPH K. MAKER, OF PROVIDENUE, 4lEt'rOlDllE SLAND, SSGNOR TO JOSEPH GqOllilDSll/IITHl TRM OF PRGVlDENCE, RHODE XSLAND.

HAIR-CURLLG DEVICE.

Leases.

Specification or Letters Patent.

Application filed lnecember '5, 1919. Serial No. 342,668.

l o all Iwhom it 'may Concl/'7%.'

Be, it known that l, RALPH K. MAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Providence and State of Rhode island, have invented 'a certaii new and useful improvement in Hair- Curling Devices, oi which the following 1s a speciication.

This invention relates to a hair curling or crimping device, and has Yfor its object to provide a device of this character which receives and retains the hair and aids in pio ducing a curled or wavy appearance o'l the hair.

This object is attained by means ont my device, which comprises generally a strip olf flat resilient material bent upon itself to form a pair of opposing arms, which receive, grip, press and crimp the hair between them, a strand of hair usually being' spi sally wound on one of these arms and vaninr proved arrangement beingl provider` by means of which the ends of the arms are detachably locked togetherc With these objects, and other ci: jects which may hereinafter appear, ii'. view, l have devised the particular arrangement oi parts hereinafter set forth, and more partieularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

.Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawing, forming a part hereof, in whicli- Figure l is a plan view of i y impromd hair curling device in its closed position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device in open position;

Fig'. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-" of Fig. l, looking in the direction ol the arrows;

Fig. s, is a bottom view ol the ends of the spriirgr arms, showing` the device ilor detachably locking' the same together; and

Fig. e is a sectional View on the line ol' Fig. l, looking .in the direction olf the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters dcsig- .nate similar parte. s

.ln the prcl'crred embodiment el my invention, as illustrated ii. the wicoinpanyinp; drawing` the hair curling` device is prefer ably constructed. of a piece et iiat, resilient material, transversely folded upon itseltl at l to form a loop i', and a. pair of oppesitely disposed, normally separated spring arms 3 and 4.

The arm 3 is brought down to alpoint' 9 at its end, and the other arm 4 is provided with a locking device to receive and retain the end of the arm 3. This locking device comprises a slidable sleeve 5, which is movable back and forth on the arm ll, and is restr ieted in its backward and forward m0ve ment by means ot stops 6 and 7. The stops G and 7 are elongated protuberances formed by distorting or forcing` outwardly the ma terial o1 the spring arm t and are preferably in the i'orm oit transverse ribs as shown.

The sleev 5 is provided with a narrowed portion 8 which lies between the stops 5 and 7. v

ln. using my improved hair curling device, a strand of hair is v ound spirally about tl, arm 3, andthe arms 3 and i are pressed together while the slidable sleeve 5 is in, position against the stop or abutment 7.

fWher. the two arms are brought together the sleeve is moved to a position so that it abnts agaaist the stop 6 and slides over the tip or point or' the arm 3 as will be seen in l-`i jsY .l and 3. 'llo release the arm 3 the sleeve i is simply slid from over the end or tip of the arm l and the arms spring apart to th position shown in Fig. 2.,

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my inventio; is not to bc restricted to the exact embodiment shown. but is broad enough to cover all structures comingwithin the scope or' the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, what l claim is t* l. device of the class described, comprising a hair curler having,r two resilient arms, a slidable sleeve on one of said arms adapted to be moved to engage the other arm and hold the ends-of both of the arms together. snai-cd apart stops projecting i'rom one 'lacc oi zhe arm on which the sleeve is mounted, a narrowed portion of said sleeve between the stops, said stops ccnnprisinnl protuberances formed by orcin;v outward the matcrial of the arm onv which the sleevi` is mounted.

i). it device ot the class described, coinprising` a hair curlcr having a pair oi'Y resili-I ent arms, a slidable sleeve on one of said arms adapted to be moved to engage the other arm adjacent its'end and hold both of said arms together, said sleeve being pro- Patented Apr. 27, 1920,

vided with a Wide portion and a narrow p0rtion,' the Wide portion being adapted to hold the arms tog-ether a pair of stops on the arm on which the sleeve is mounted, with the narrow portion o the sleeve situated intermediate of said stops.

3. Al device of the class described, coIn-A prising a hair curler having' a pair of arms, a pair of stops on one of said arms adjacent 10 the end ot' the same, a sleeve on said arm elidable between the stops, said sleeve havlng a narrowed portion situated intermediate ot' the Stops and a widened portion adapted. to slide over the end of thc other Y RALPH K. MAKER. 

